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GAY AND BISEXUAL MALE TEENS E ADULT DATG APPS TO FD SENSE OF MUNY, STUDY SHOWS

Although hookup apps require ers to be 18 or olr, a new study found that more than 50 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual boys e them to fd new iends and boyiends. * gay snapchat teens *

The members of that muny create space for relatnships to some teens, that muny is found on datg apps meant for adult gay men — apps that only require a er enter a birth date that cis wh the se’s legal terms of service.

A new Northwtern Medice study (published the Journal of Adolcent Health) found that more than 50 percent of sexually active gay and bisexual boys ag 14 to 17 e datg (also known as hook-up) apps like Grdr (21+) and Scff (18+) to fd new iends and was gathered through onle surveys taken by 200 sexually experienced teens the Uned Stat and is the first known study on the topic. Mapagal says gay and bisexual male teens turn to the apps to meet others that muny bee they feel there are few opportuni to do so where they live. “That’s where the dangers are, and I thk that kd of go across whether you’re heterosexual, homosexual, transgenr or lbian — we don’t want 14-year-olds seekg to date people 21 and olr.

“Gay and bisexual adolcent boys acunt for almost two-thirds of HIV fectns among teenagers the Uned Stat, but unfortunately sex tn and HIV preventn tailored to their needs is almost nonexistent, ” Mapagal said.

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“The sooner we unrstand the role the apps play the liv of gay and bisexual teen guys, the sooner we will be able to tailor sex tn and HIV preventn efforts for this populatn and help them live healthier liv. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

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“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry.

The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail. Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water. “Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”.

For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN. “There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said.

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Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. Bisexual men are perceived to sound more mascule than men who are straight, acrdg to a study of Atralian subjects.Amics at the Universy of Sydney pared the voic of gay, straight and bisexual men a study volvg 160 people.In the rearch led by clil psychologist Jam Morandi, people were reced to analyse the voic of 60 men, 20 of whom were gay, 20 straight and 20 bisexual.

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